congregation

名词 congregation:

1. a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
   同义词：fold, faithful
2. an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together
3. the act of congregating
   同义词：congregating

1. The congregation bowed their heads in prayer.
   会众在一起低头祷告。
2. The congregation entered the church in procession.
   教徒们排著队进入教堂。
3. The vicar preached to the congregation for half an hour.
   那位教区牧师向会众讲道半个小时。
4. The congregation in the church knelt in prayer.
   教堂的会众跪下来祈祷。
5. The congregation of sightseers increases in the summer.
   夏季，旅游观光的人增加了。

con.gre.ga.tion

n.（名词）
The act of assembling.
集合：集合的行为
A body of assembled people or things; a gathering.
集合：人或事物聚合而成的个体；集合

A group of people gathered for religious worship.
集会：一群为宗教崇拜而集合起来的人
The members of a specific religious group who regularly worship at a church or synagogue.
（教堂）会众：定期去教堂或犹太教堂做礼拜的宗教群体
Roman Catholic Church
【罗马天主教】
A religious institute in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken.
一个只进行简单宣誓而没严肃宣誓的宗教组织
A division of the Curia.
罗马教廷的一个分支